Portland vs. Saint Mary's prediction: Saint Mary's favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/2/2026]

Saint Mary's will square off with Portland in men's college basketball action at University Credit Union Pavilion on Friday, commencing at 10:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulations, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts Saint Mary's as the most likely winner of the Portland vs. Saint Mary's game.

This article offers a closer look at Friday's matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.

Portland vs. Saint Mary's prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using powerful machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Friday's NCAA basketball game between Portland and Saint Mary's 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our independent predictive model currently gives Saint Mary's a 97% chance of beating Portland. Our predicted final score has Saint Mary's winning 84-61.

According to our model, Saint Mary's (-21.5) has a 53% chance of covering the spread, while the 145.5-point over/under has an equal 50-50 chance of hitting.

Portland vs. Saint Mary's odds

We have sourced the best men's college basketball odds in America for this game, which are listed here:

All odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.

Portland vs. Saint Mary's picks and best bet

After matching our predictions against the best available odds, we can reveal our picks for each of the major markets. Plus, find our best bet for the game below: